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Omri Ziegele Where's Africa: That Hat
by Dan McClenaghan
Omri Ziegele, the Zürich-based saxophonist, makes music with his big band Billiger Bauer and in duo format with pianist Irene Schweizer, and also with his smaller groups, Noisy Minority and Where's Africa. He has established himself as a major force in the Zürich jazz scene and as a major artist for Intakt Records. That Hat, his eleventh album for the label, features his Where's Africa trio, with keyboardist Yves Theiler and drummer Dario Sisera. It isn't always the ...
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by Neri Pollastri
Nuova prova per il trio dell'interessante pianista svizzero Yves Theiler, a quattro anni dal precedente Out of the Box, rispetto al quale vi è adesso un nuovo contrabbassista, Luca Sisera, mentre rimane alla batteria l'antico collaboratore del leader, Lukas Mantel. La cifra della formazione è molto moderna: forte pariteticità, significativa varietà di atmosfere, ma prevalenza di intensità dinamica, arricchita da frequenti reiterazioni minimaliste, pedali e trascinanti passaggi nei quali prevale la percussività anche della tastiera. Il tutto sviluppato ...
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by Mark Corroto
Although a piano trio has a leader, the better ones behave as an equilateral triangle. That is, they “go Dutch." In the case of the Yves Theiler Trio, we could say the music on Dance In A Triangle “goes Swiss." The pianist, Yves Theiler, composed all the music here, but it is improbable that it could be navigated by surrogate performers. At least, ones that were not well rehearsed. Theiler, who studied with Richie Beirach and has recorded ...
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